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Pokémon's New Holiday Plushies Make Me Want To Take Halloween Decorations Down Early
29.10.2024
The Pokémon machine is vicious. Every year they’ve got a new line of merch for every holiday and occasion. It’s a collector’s dream and their wallet’s nightmare. This year is no different, because The Pokémon Company has revealed some adorable plushies for its 2024 holiday line, and these little...
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Is Getting Replaced By A Poorer Version For A Huge Fee
28.10.2024
In August 2024, Nintendo’s free-to-play mobile incarnation of Animal Crossing was announced to be coming to an end this November. It’s now been revealed that its replacement, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete, will appear December 3, and ditch all of the 2017 game’s microtransactions for...
Vitalik Buterin sells another $1.6M in memecoins promised for charity
14.10.2024
Vitalik Buterin has donated $884,000 to charities over the last ten days as memecoiners continue to send tokens to his wallet
New Cozy Sim Asks What If Animal Crossing Looked Like The Elder Scrolls?
8.10.2024
Hawthorn is an upcoming game from some ex-Bethesda devs about animals harvesting produce, setting up dinner parties, and generally chilling about in the great outdoors and fulfilling everyone’s cottagecore dreams. It looks sort of like Animal Crossing if it took place inside of The Elder Scrolls...
New Dreamlight Valley Update Forces Disney Characters To Stay Awake Forever
20.8.2024
Tomorrow, the next big update for Disney Dreamlight Valley arrives on all platforms. And while players will be happy with all the quality-of-life changes and new content being added to the cozy life sim, the characters of Dreamlight Valley probably aren’t happy to hear that they’ll no longer...
Vitalik Buterin donates over $500K in animal-themed coins to charity
15.8.2024
Vitalik Buterin urged the community to send the memecoin token funds they want to send him directly to charities
Vitalik Buterin Donates all His Animal Memecoins to Charity
15.8.2024
Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, never shies away from letting people know what’s on his mind. Recently…
How To Unlock Bunny In The First Descendant
15.7.2024
Like one of its clear inspirations, Warframe, The First Descendant features countless heroes that directly alter your playstyle, abilities, and equipment. And, similarly to Warframe, the path to unlock additional Descendants in The First Descendant requires a significant grind. You can handle that...
Where To Find Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree's Horned Warrior’s Sword
27.6.2024
The Horned Warrior’s Sword is a Curved Sword you can only discover in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. If your build combines a bit of Strength or Dexterity with Faith, this could be a solid weapon to wield against your enemies. Its unique Ash of War makes it particularly fun...
This Cozy Virtual Pet Sim Is 'Microsoft Clippy, But Better'
20.6.2024
One night, as I’m playing Selaco—a fast-paced retro-inspired FPS—I round a corner and shoot three space guards with a grenade launcher and watch their body parts fly through the air. Meanwhile, watching from my desktop is Mustard, my new digital pet. He’s from a different game, Weyrdlets, and he’s...
Animal Well Cat Guide: How To Free The Felines
12.6.2024
If you’re playing the newly released Metroidvania, Animal Well, you might have come across this. In the bottom-right biome of Animal Well’s map, you’ll find two rooms that contain a total of five cats locked in cages. You may notice that above each cage is a black box with five lines, and those...
Every Layer of Animal Well (And How To Solve It), Explained
11.6.2024
Animal Well, Shared Memory’s excellent metroidvania, is a natural conversation starter, thanks in no small part to its “layers” of progression. The term at least partially stems from this list of tips from the game’s developer Billy Basso, in which Basso discloses that “Animal Well is designed with...
Animal Well: Where To Find The Three Medals And Each Circular Recess
4.6.2024
As you explore the many biomes in Shared Memory’s hit metroidvania Animal Well, you’ll come across at least one enigmatic pillar simply called “Circular Recess.” The game gives you no explicit clue about what to do here, and you don’t need to solve these puzzles to complete the first “layer” of...
All Kangaroo Locations In Animal Well
3.6.2024
If you’ve played the excellent indie metroidvania Animal Well for at least an hour, you’ve probably been surprised by a Kangaroo. Aside from maybe giving you a jump scare, this animal will bounce around and damage you on contact until one of you retreats. You might think your only recourse in these...
May Is The Month Of Puzzle Games And It Rules
24.5.2024
At the beginning of this year, I could not have predicted how jam-packed May would be when it came to games. The biggest release on the calendar was Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, which we now know is good, but beyond that, it didn’t feel like May would be a huge month for games Then the month started...
New RPG Captures The Essence Of What Made Zelda: A Link To The Past So Great
24.5.2024
I’m so delighted that Animal Well caught the wider attention of the games press, and indeed of players. It’s a wonderful game that deserves to be a massive hit. It’s also exactly the sort of game that often gets entirely overlooked. And if you don’t believe me, then you should definitely...
Animal Well: How To Solve The Three-Lever Wave Chart Puzzle
17.5.2024
Animal Well is a very puzzle-driven game, and solving those puzzles often requires creative use of the items in your inventory. However, Animal Well also contains some standalone brainteasers that even a full set of tools can’t overcome. Take, for instance, the three-lever wave chart puzzle you’ll...
How to Fast Travel in Animal Well
17.5.2024
Animal Well is a game that communicates almost exclusively in riddles, even when it comes to its core gameplay mechanics. Take fast travel, for example. At the start of your journey, you might wonder if fast travel is even possible. You don’t even get a map until you’ve explored the opening...
Animal Well: How To Beat The Chameleon
17.5.2024
Animal Well doesn’t feature combat in the traditional sense, but it’s not afraid to pit players against intimidating boss monsters. In the northeastern quadrant of the map, you’ll encounter a large chameleon that, among other things, can defeat you in one hit using its tongue. With some trial...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Games We're Obsessed With Right Now
17.5.2024
We’re reaching the end of yet another week, and that (hopefully) means we’ve got a solid 48 hours of gaming bliss lined up. Perhaps you too are looking forward to spending some time this weekend gaming, but aren’t sure what to pick. Read more